Fertilizing compound



. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH H. BREWER, OF CUMBERLAND, MISSISSIPPI, ASSIGNOR OF TWO- THIRDS TOALEX J. OOOKE AND JOEL A. DALTON, OF WEBSTER COUNTY,

MISSISSIPPI.

FERTILIZING COMPOUND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 639,805, dated December26, 1899. Application filed January 13, 1899. Serial No. 702,118- (Nospecimens.)

To all whom it may concern/:-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH H. BREWER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Cumberland, in the county of Webster and State ofMississippi, have invented a new and useful Improvement in FertilizingOompounds, of.which the following is a specification.

In the preparation of my fertilizing compound I first make a solutioncomprising the following ingredients, combined in the proportionsstated, viz: water, twelve gallons; saltpeter, four pounds; Sal-soda,two pounds; blue-stone, two pounds; nitrate ammonia, two pounds; potash,four pounds. I then make a compound of the following ingredients in theproportions stated, to wit: of the above-described solution, twogallons; stable-manure, two hundred pounds; ashes, (preferably unleachedwood-ashes,) fifty pounds; salt, sixteen pounds; lime,sixteen pounds;phosphate, eight pounds; kainit, six pounds; cotton-seed meats, threeand one-half pounds. The stable-manure should be spread down, thesolution sprinkled over it, and the ashes, salt, lime, phosphate, cottonseed meats, and kainit added, the whole being thoroughly mixed and toremain in a dry place for a period of about fifty days.

By phosphate as used in this specification I mean acid phosphate.

By the term cotton-seed meats I mean the kernels or the inside ofcotton-seeds from which the hulls or outside have been removed bymachinery.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is

1. The herein-described solution ,consisting of water,saltpeter,sal-soda, blue=stone,nitrate ammonia and potash, substantiallyas described and for the purpose specified.

2. The herein described fertilizing compound, comprising stable-manure,combined with a solution'in water, ofsaltpeter, Sal-ammonia, blue-stone,potash, and cotton-seed meats and mixed with ashes, salt, lime,phosphate, kainit' and cotton-seed meats, substantially as described. 1

J OPH. H. BREWER. \rVituesses:

J OE MARSHALL, CLARA STERLING.

